Import/export HS code 640399: Various types of footwear

Various styles of footwear not specifically categorized

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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* UK only, last 24 months analysed

Imports by country

What this shows: Import market volume by exporter country into the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
Viet Nam 308,073,559
Belgium 232,327,693
Italy 228,621,319
Germany 197,954,025
China 183,323,286

Countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month volume, right side by second 12-month volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Viet Nam 162,752,370 145,321,189 -17,431,181
Belgium 134,478,513 97,849,180 -36,629,333
Italy 116,458,411 112,162,908 -4,295,503
Germany 99,960,814 97,993,211 -1,967,603
China 97,300,217 86,023,069 -11,277,148
India 67,740,762 67,351,086 -389,676
France 64,529,105 61,324,107 -3,204,998
Indonesia 61,823,784 56,308,248 -5,515,536
Netherlands 39,430,506 34,379,390 -5,051,116
Spain 30,159,790 29,078,273 -1,081,517

Imports by country of origin

What this shows: Import volume by production origin country. Differences from exporter-country data can indicate re-export routes.

Top 5 values

Origin £
Viet Nam 551,555,461
China 256,523,288
Italy 256,057,561
Indonesia 227,007,597
India 191,792,152

Country of origin rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Viet Nam 299,276,454 252,279,007 -46,997,447
China 131,497,658 125,025,630 -6,472,028
Italy 133,634,814 122,422,747 -11,212,067
Indonesia 120,016,882 106,990,715 -13,026,167
India 102,228,008 89,564,144 -12,663,864
Portugal 54,168,350 51,837,926 -2,330,424
Germany 40,138,528 39,308,440 -830,088
Cambodia 27,568,606 29,814,666 +2,246,060
Spain 23,682,273 19,584,087 -4,098,186
Turkey 10,209,043 5,819,933 -4,389,110

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 346
Inner London - East 151
Greater Manchester 83
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 83
Surrey, East and West Sussex 74

UK regions rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: UK regions are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month importer count, right side by second 12-month importer count, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

UK region First 12m Second 12m Delta
Inner London - West 264 275 +11
Inner London - East 114 117 +3
Greater Manchester 61 58 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 72 66 -6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 58 61 +3
Outer London - West and North West 53 49 -4
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 40 36 -4
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 32 40 +8
West Yorkshire 42 29 -13
West Midlands 35 28 -7

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 856,500,010
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 736,922,024
Other 184,093,125
Air transport 136,579,532
Road transport 17,398,723

Transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 454,652,783 401,847,227 -52,805,556
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 368,964,978 367,957,046 -1,007,932
Other 112,716,375 71,376,750 -41,339,625
Air transport 69,736,597 66,842,935 -2,893,662
Road transport 10,685,685 6,713,038 -3,972,647
Rail transport 0 11,362 +11,362

Import volume by port

What this shows: Import value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 414,154,892
Felixstowe 283,041,417
000 184,093,125
Southampton 166,576,688
Dover / Eurotunnel 158,901,336

Port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Eurotunnel 225,878,234 188,276,658 -37,601,576
Felixstowe 169,459,764 113,581,653 -55,878,111
000 112,716,375 71,376,750 -41,339,625
Southampton 91,280,997 75,295,691 -15,985,306
Dover / Eurotunnel 75,864,970 83,036,366 +7,171,396
Dover 80,649,246 75,596,027 -5,053,219
London Gateway Port 33,359,259 74,334,251 +40,974,992
Liverpool Docks 47,675,383 42,423,995 -5,251,388
London Heathrow Airport 31,891,334 28,700,846 -3,190,488
499 1,985,869 51,848,031 +49,862,162

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 1088
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 425
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 62
Manufacture of leather and related products 43
Manufacture of wearing apparel 35

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 437
2025-11 411
2025-10 487
2025-09 493
2025-08 495

Top importers

What this shows: Companies with the highest number of months traded for this HS code.

Importer company size by revenue band

What this shows: Distribution of importers across company revenue bands.

Top 5 values

Revenue Companies
1m-15m 624
0-1m 597
54m+ 274
Other 116
15m-54m 93

Import seasonality

What this shows: Average monthly import pattern from historical data.

Exports by country

What this shows: Export market volume by destination country from the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
China 54,617,973
Italy 43,268,571
Ireland 30,499,828
France 30,114,846
Germany 26,422,107

Export countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Destination countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export volume, right side by second 12-month export volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
China 28,363,664 26,254,309 -2,109,355
Italy 21,480,071 21,788,500 +308,429
Ireland 16,544,369 13,955,459 -2,588,910
France 15,134,345 14,980,501 -153,844
Germany 15,030,436 11,391,671 -3,638,765
Netherlands 7,737,387 9,850,564 +2,113,177
United States 8,056,475 6,301,133 -1,755,342
Belgium 8,310,123 4,234,128 -4,075,995
Sweden 11,037,595 1,407,270 -9,630,325
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 5,397,756 3,564,540 -1,833,216

Exports by country of origin

What this shows: Export volume by production origin country. For re-exports, indicates where goods originated before UK export.

Top 5 values

Origin £
India 2,832,674
China 2,551,958
Viet Nam 1,370,444
Tunisia 285,797
Brazil 265,980

Export origin countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
India 1,465,378 1,367,296 -98,082
China 1,243,219 1,308,739 +65,520
Viet Nam 588,116 782,328 +194,212
Tunisia 150,137 135,660 -14,477
Brazil 147,558 118,422 -29,136
Cambodia 172,614 75,761 -96,853
Spain 107,212 33,408 -73,804
Bangladesh 61,066 53,833 -7,233
Germany 78,214 4,592 -73,622
Italy 47,025 31,203 -15,822

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 155,602,635
Air transport 88,901,756
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 62,588,270
Other 12,678,348
Road transport 902,447

Export transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 81,057,827 74,544,808 -6,513,019
Air transport 50,097,163 38,804,593 -11,292,570
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 33,861,837 28,726,433 -5,135,404
Other 6,031,692 6,646,656 +614,964
Road transport 883,920 18,527 -865,393

Export volume by port

What this shows: Export value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 123,873,808
East Midlands Airport 47,211,689
Southampton 30,459,102
London Heathrow Airport 30,351,101
Felixstowe 23,712,765

Export port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Dover / Eurotunnel 65,245,364 58,628,444 -6,616,920
East Midlands Airport 27,909,486 19,302,203 -8,607,283
Southampton 12,345,057 18,114,045 +5,768,988
London Heathrow Airport 16,530,702 13,820,399 -2,710,303
Felixstowe 18,220,446 5,492,319 -12,728,127
000 6,031,692 6,646,656 +614,964
Holyhead 5,790,751 5,870,084 +79,333
Dover 5,364,321 4,816,630 -547,691
London Gateway Port 2,080,747 4,405,006 +2,324,259
Immingham Docks 2,393,937 2,865,707 +471,770

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 640399

Coverage: United Kingdom, most metrics for the last 24 months

Description: Various styles of footwear not specifically categorized